Since the 2017 release of internationally acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei's film Human Flow, the global refugee crisis has faded from mass media coverage -- but the reality has only gotten worse, with an estimated 68.5 million people displaced in 2018. Compiled from over 900 hours of unused footage from Human Flow, The Rest dives into a more intimate look at the refugees who still hang in limbo as they await sanctuary in Europe. Having fled war, poverty and persecution, and travelled treacherous routes to reach safe harbour, they now endure an overburdened aid system and intensifying nationalism. Through very personal interviews with refugees, we hear of their struggle to keep their lives in balance and of a European system that has failed to protect the most marginalized among us.
| Directed by | Weiwei Ai |